Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education

This book covers a wide variety of topics in the research and practice of mathematics education, demonstrating how equity and quality are inherently political terms whose political bedrock is obscured by them being taken for granted.

Concerns about quality mathematics education are often posed in terms of the types of mathematics that are worthwhile and valuable for both the student and society in general, and about how to best support students so that they can develop this mathematics. Concerns about equity are about who is excluded from the opportunity to develop quality mathematics within our current practices and systems, and about how to remove social barriers that systematically disadvantage those students. This collection of chapters summarises our learning about the achievement of both equity and quality agendas in mathematics education and to move forward the debate on their importance for the field.

Contributors. - Dedication. - Preface. - Part 1: The Theoretical Landscape. - Part 2: Mapping Social Construction and Complexities. - Part 3: Landmarks of Concern. - Part 4: No Highway and No Destination?